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VWind: Virtual Wind Sensation to the Ear by Cross-Modal Effects of Audio-Visual, Thermal, and Vibrotactile Stimuli

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Juro Hosoi,

Yuki Ban,

Kenichi Ito,

Shin'ichi WarisawaAuthors Info & Claims

SA '21: SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Emerging Technologies

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3476122.3484848

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In the field of virtual reality, wind displays have been researched to present wind sensation. However, since the wind displays need physical wind sources, large heat transfer mechanisms are required to produce hot wind and cold wind. We propose to present virtual wind sensation by cross-modal effects. We developed VWind, a wearable headphone-type device to give vibrotactile and thermal stimuli to the ear in addition to visual scenarios and binaural sounds. For user experience, the demonstrations are prepared to present virtual wind sensation as if users were blown to the ear or exposed to freezing winds.

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ISBN:9781450386852

DOI:10.1145/3476122

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Research Manager at OLM Digital, Inc., Japan and Program Manager and Collaboration Coordinator at CMIC, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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Kouta Minamizawa
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Japan

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Min TXia CYamamoto TSugiura Y(2023)Seeing the Wind: An Interactive Mist Interface for Airflow InputProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36264807:ISS(398-419)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2023
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